oblivion
noun/əˈblɪviən/
/əˈblɪviən/
[uncountable]- a state in which you are not aware of what is happening around you, usually because you are unconscious or asleep
- He often drinks himself into oblivion.
- Sam longed for the oblivion of sleep.
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- the state in which somebody/something has been forgotten and is no longer famous or important synonym obscurity
- An unexpected victory saved him from political oblivion.
- Most of his inventions have been consigned to oblivion.
- a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- total
- fade into
- fall into
- pass into
- …
- in oblivion
- a state in which something has been completely destroyed
- Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’.
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